Category Archives: politics

Zawahiri and bin Laden Losing Followers

The Los Angeles Times reports a growing schism within the ranks of al ‘Qaeda. Partly due to escalating casualties of Muslim bystanders, and partly due to losses incurred by American military responses, more and more al ‘Qaeda operatives are beginning to question the guiding philosophy of their terrorist organization.

Speech Given by Darrell Thomas, Father of Columbine Victim Rachel Thomas

Delivered to U. S. Congress, 4 January 2001: “Since the dawn of creation there has been both good & evil in the hearts of men and women. We all contain the seeds of kindness or the seeds of violence. The death of my wonderful daughter, Rachel Joy Scott, and the deaths of that heroic teacher, …

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Iraqi Progress

According to the London Times, life is on the upswing in Basra. After years of languishing under the oppressive Mahdi Army, and the failure of the British military to do anything about it, people are finally more concerned about finding jobs than being kidnapped off the street. Music is returning, people are able to dress …

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High Body Count in Iraq?

In recent discussions on MySpace, I have several times been presented with the high civilian death toll in Iraq. First, I should note that the Lancet Study, which posted the oft-cited civilian deaths estimate of 98,000, was debunked in October 2004.In fact, in May of 2006–well before the Surge began–Iraq had a lower violent death …

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